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akage
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100% chocolate
May 27th, 2011 at 3:21am
 
I was recently thinking about the method I described before here: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register
I came up with two possible reasons of its effectiveness:
1. It may change the testosterone level (which has already been recognized on the forum as a problem for some)
2. It releases endorphins and generates pleasure.

Interestingly enough, hypothalamus is thought to be both responsible for hormone levels as well as highly related to pleasure, or at least to need of it.
Given that I started thinking about how else I could release endorphins and I figured I could try chocolate. Now for many chocolate is a trigger, but then there are different kinds of chocolate - most 'chocolate' you can buy is really a mixture with 50% or more of sugar, which in itself is not healthy and might not work.
What I tried was basically 100% chocolate sweetened with xylitol. Since I had it ready anyway, as my wife and I enjoy it, I figured I could just as well try it as an abortive.
I'd take a piece of it on my tongue and suck on it. This results in an immediate pain level drop (and I mean immediate, not a minute or two later). It works every time and - when combined with the sex method or with the oxygen - shortens the attacks and makes them much more bearable.
Chocolate seems to work for me much better than e.g. energy drinks.

My chocolate recipe is the following:
4 oz "Baker's" Unsweetened baking chocolate squares (half a package)
3.5 tablespoons of xylitol
I use a chocolate melting pot to mix them together.

Try it out if you want - the worst that can happen is that you find a new tasty treat.
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Re: 100% chocolate
Reply #1 - Jun 25th, 2011 at 1:36am
 
did the sex method really work for you? i've tried it years ago but it felt like it only subdued the pain for a few moments and then it was full on blast again. I tend to eat a lot a chocolate. it's part of the reason i'm so fluffy lol. i just don't think i can have sex with a cluster headache again. felt so pointless...
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Reply #2 - Jun 25th, 2011 at 11:02pm
 
That's pretty inyeresting akage!

I'd like to see anyone else who tries it also report their results here.

Kay Jay, many guys have reported some success with the sex method here, but I don't recall any of the ladies reporting the same.  Huh
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CH according to Bejeeber:

Strictly relying on doctors for CH treatment is often a prescription that will keep you in a whole lot of PAIN. Doctors are WAY behind in many respects, and they are usually completely unaware of the benefits of high flow 100% O2.

There are lots of effective treatments documented at this site. Take matters into your own hands, learn as much as you can here and at clusterbusters.com, put it into practice, then tell this CH beast Jeebs said hello right before you bash him so hard with a swift uppercut knockout punch that his stupid horns go flinging right off.
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